COVID-19 is Impacting Emergency Food Access in RIce County
Rice County Public Health issued a news release emphasizing the need for emergency food access due to COVID-19. The contents of the release are below. An effort that began in April of 2020 to address food needs among Rice County residents impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic is continuing, according to local organizers.
Josh Ramaker, Rice County Public Health s Statewide Health Improvement Partnership (SHIP) Coordinator, says the pandemic has had a widespread impact on the ability of many local residents to be able to afford to put food on their table, and organizations throughout the county are responding accordingly.
COVID-19 is Impacting Emergency Food Access in RIce County
Rice County Public Health issued a news release emphasizing the need for emergency food access due to COVID-19. The contents of the release are below. An effort that began in April of 2020 to address food needs among Rice County residents impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic is continuing, according to local organizers.
Josh Ramaker, Rice County Public Health s Statewide Health Improvement Partnership (SHIP) Coordinator, says the pandemic has had a widespread impact on the ability of many local residents to be able to afford to put food on their table, and organizations throughout the county are responding accordingly.
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Jane Egerdahl stands alongside the biking trail behind Trails Edge Apartments in Faribault, one of many trails the group has walked on. Egerdahl started the walking group to provide others with a sense of support from being alone throughout the course of the pandemic isolation. (Michelle Vlasak/southernminn.com)